View Single Post
  #13 (permalink)  
Old 08-26-2005, 04:19 PM
brian.mark's Avatar
brian.mark brian.mark is offline
Administrator
 

Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Omaha
Posts: 2,717
brian.mark RepRank 2brian.mark RepRank 2
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by jaydilla
I know MSN recognizes a meta refresh they offer it as a option for the 301
http://search.msn.com/docs/siteowner...directcode.htm

Now what im not sure is the time. Would you want the refresh every second? I put mine at 20 seconds.
That's to refresh to a new page to get a 301 effect. Refresh doesn't mean refreshing the current page for new contents in this sense. In fact, I'm not sure how engines handle that at all. I've never asked one.

If you're moving a page, it doesn't make sense to have someone look at the old page for 20 seconds first, so set the time low and get them to the new stuff ASAP.

If you're refreshing a page for new content, then 20 seconds is probably too often. I can't read much of a site in 20 seconds, and IE restarts you at the top each time.

If you have a specific URL you'd want me to look at and tell you if the timing seems right, let me know. Otherwise I hope I answered your question.

Brian.
__________________
ToolBarn.com, an Internet Retailer Top 500 and Inc. 500 Company | Tool Parts | Pet Supplies
Reply With Quote